Archive for the ‘General Maritime’ Category
EXCALIBER
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:24 No CommentsCaptain Andrea, Tugfest member since 2008, has a great tugboat called “Excaliber”.
Andrea has been kind enough to share some history about this impressive vessel:
Excaliber is a classic wooden Tug , 93 feet long and 220 Tons. She was built at Wallace shipyard in Vancouver B.C. in 1908. She hails from the Port Orchard Marina in Wa. Andrea McDonald [...]
LADY OF DOVER
Saturday, March 7, 2009 19:54 No CommentsMeet John Angus, a member since Feb 2009. John has a fine looking tug called the “Lady Of Dover”. It’s our hope that we will see John and the Lady Of Dover at one of this years’ events. John has sent us some pictures for your veiwing, along with details of the tug. We thank [...]
Steam Ship Minnehaha
Friday, February 20, 2009 14:24 No CommentsIn the closing decades of the 19th century, the steam tug “Minnehaha” was a familiar sight on the Parry Sound waterfront as she chuffed about her business of delivering sawlogs to mills ringing the inner Sound of Parry Sound harbour, and towing lumber-laden sailing schooners out the ship channel. An artical by John Macfie in [...]
Capt Jack’s Model
Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:36 No CommentsI finished the model of the Buoy tender “St. Heliers”… this was my 1st job as deck hand in 1950 and spent 6 yrs on her… I left as Bosun at the age of 21 in 1956 and went 2nd mate on the Great Lakes Colonial steam ship ” Batin” in ‘57. Came back [...]
WINTERING ON THE SEGUIN
Sunday, January 18, 2009 11:05 No CommentsM.V. Chippewa III wintering in her berth at the mouth of the Seguin river Parry Sound, Ontario.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 18:21 No CommentsTrimac and Mummery locked in ice for winter - Parry Sound, Ontario.
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